introduzione al software adatto alla classe prima dell'Istituto tecnologico, in inglese

1. SOFTWARE
A SOFTWARE IS BASICALLY A SET OF
INSTRUCTIONS WHICH TELLS THE
COMPUTER WHAT TO DO WITH THE
DATA

2. SOFTWARE interface
command line interface
menu interface - edit dos GUI Graphical user interface

3. TYPES of SOFTWARE
tools to user
Operating Utility or driver written
work
System (o.s) program
s
system software application software

4. OPERATING SYSTEM
O.s. function:
CPU management,
RAM management,
task management,
I/O management,
harddisk management.

5. UTILITY OR DRIVER
Speech recognition
Virtual keyboard
Screen reader

6. TOOLS TO WORK
Management
software
Office automation
word processing
desktop publishing
database
spreadsheet
personal agenda
project management
e-mail browser

7. USER WRITTEN
PROGRAMS
DATA INPUT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PROCESS 1971 Pascal
1974 C
1994 Visual Basic
1995 Java
DATA
OUTPUT

9. windows tools
title bar-caption help on line
menu bar
tool bar
scroll bar
vertical /
horizontal
status line

10. SOFTWARE
LICENSE
EULA: end-user license agreement
product ID or serial number printed
on CD or DVD
FREEWARE OPEN SOURCE
GNU General
Public License

11. SOFTWARE LICENSE
SHAREWARE
A proprietary software is a
computer software licensed to
users without payment for a trial
period Shareware is usually offered
either with certain features only
available after the license is
purchased, or as a full version but
for a limited trial period of time
Once the trial period has passed, the program
may stop running until a license is purchased.
The words "free trial" or "trial version"
are indicative of shareware.

12. TECHNOLOGY
COMMON WORDS COMMON VERBS
• • TO PLUG IN=COLLEGARE
TOOLBAR
• • TO TURN ON/OFF
MENU
• • TO DELETE
ICON
• • TO STORE/ TO SAVE
CURSOR
• • TO COPY
MEMORY
• • TO HIGHLIGHT
BUG/VIRUS
• • TO TRANSFER
A DOCUMENT
• • TO DRAG
A BACK-UP COPY
• • TO CUT
DATABASE
• • TO PRINT
SPEAKER
• • TO SELECT
KEYBOARD
• • TO SURF
PEN DRIVE
• • TO CONNECT
CPU
• • TO CHAT
ROM=READ ONLY MEMORY
• • TO RECEIVE
RAM=RANDOM ACCESS MEMRY
• • TO SEND
APPLICATION
• • TO DOWNLOAD
FILE
• • TO LOG IN/OUT
FOLDER
• • TO MOVE A FILE
FONT
• • TO INSTALL
WWW= WORLD WIDE WEB
• LAN= LOCAL AREA NETWORK